Improving Indian schools should be a priority in Montana. UM Grant will help

Among the depressing statistics about such problems on Montana Indian Reservations as crime, alcoholism and poverty, there is a particularly unhappy harbinger for the future: school drop-out rates on reservations are three times higher than in the rest of the state. Only a little over half of reservation students complete high school, far below the 80 percent rate for all Montana students.

Reasons for this are complex, but necessary changes must include a sufficient number of quality teachers who motivate their students and stick around to keep them motivated.

Full Story: http://helenair.com/articles/2007/10/10/opinions_top/a041010_01.txt

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